diff --git a/src/components/FileExplorer.tsx b/src/components/FileExplorer.tsx
index 931e1ad..587a643 100644
--- a/src/components/FileExplorer.tsx
+++ b/src/components/FileExplorer.tsx
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import { run } from 'utils/general'
 import { useLoadedContext } from 'utils/hooks/useLoadedContext'
 import { useOnLocationChange } from 'utils/hooks/useOnLocationChange'
 import { useOnPJAXDone } from 'utils/hooks/usePJAX'
+import { useSequentialEffect } from 'utils/hooks/useSequentialEffect'
 import { VisibleNodes } from 'utils/VisibleNodesGenerator'
 import { SideBarStateContext } from '../containers/SideBarState'
 import { DiffStatGraph } from './DiffStatGraph'
@@ -74,16 +75,22 @@ const RawFileExplorer: React.FC<Props & ConnectorState> = function RawFileExplor
   const stateContext = useLoadedContext(SideBarStateContext)
   const state = stateContext.value
 
-  React.useEffect(() => {
-    setUpTree({
-      metaData,
-      config: {
-        compressSingletonFolder,
-        accessToken,
-      },
-      stateContext,
-    })
-  }, [setUpTree, metaData, compressSingletonFolder, accessToken])
+  useSequentialEffect(
+    checker => {
+      setUpTree(
+        {
+          metaData,
+          config: {
+            compressSingletonFolder,
+            accessToken,
+          },
+          stateContext,
+        },
+        checker,
+      )
+    },
+    [setUpTree, metaData, compressSingletonFolder, accessToken],
+  )
 
   React.useEffect(() => {
     focusFileExplorer()
diff --git a/src/driver/core/FileExplorer.ts b/src/driver/core/FileExplorer.ts
index b17371e..8ca0de9 100644
--- a/src/driver/core/FileExplorer.ts
+++ b/src/driver/core/FileExplorer.ts
@@ -48,10 +48,11 @@ export const setUpTree: BoundMethodCreator<
     { stateContext: SideBarStateContextShape } & Required<Pick<Props, 'metaData'>> & {
         config: Pick<Config, 'compressSingletonFolder' | 'accessToken'>
       },
+    () => boolean,
   ]
 > =
   dispatch =>
-  ({ stateContext, metaData, config }) => {
+  ({ stateContext, metaData, config }, checker) => {
     const {
       props: { catchNetworkErrors },
     } = dispatch.get()
@@ -59,7 +60,9 @@ export const setUpTree: BoundMethodCreator<
     catchNetworkErrors(async () => {
       const { userName, repoName, branchName } = metaData
 
+      if (!checker()) return
       stateContext.onChange('tree-loading')
+
       const { root: treeRoot, defer = false } = await platform.getTreeData(
         {
           branchName: branchName,
@@ -71,6 +74,7 @@ export const setUpTree: BoundMethodCreator<
         config.accessToken,
       )
 
+      if (!checker()) return
       stateContext.onChange('tree-rendering')
       dispatch.set({ defer })
 
@@ -82,21 +86,29 @@ export const setUpTree: BoundMethodCreator<
           return root
         },
       })
+
+      if (!checker()) return
       dispatch.set({ visibleNodesGenerator })
-      visibleNodesGenerator.onUpdate(visibleNodes => dispatch.set({ visibleNodes }))
+
+      visibleNodesGenerator.onUpdate(visibleNodes => {
+        if (!checker()) return
+        dispatch.set({ visibleNodes })
+      })
 
       if (platform.shouldExpandAll?.()) {
         const unsubscribe = visibleNodesGenerator.onUpdate(visibleNodes => {
           unsubscribe()
-          visibleNodes.nodes.forEach(node =>
-            dispatch.call(toggleNodeExpansion, node, { recursive: true }),
-          )
+          visibleNodes.nodes.forEach(node => {
+            if (!checker()) return
+            dispatch.call(toggleNodeExpansion, node, { recursive: true })
+          })
         })
       } else {
         const targetPath = platform.getCurrentPath(metaData.branchName)
-        if (targetPath) dispatch.call(goTo, targetPath)
+        if (targetPath && checker()) dispatch.call(goTo, targetPath)
       }
 
+      if (!checker()) return
       stateContext.onChange('tree-rendered')
     })
   }
diff --git a/src/utils/hooks/useSequentialEffect.ts b/src/utils/hooks/useSequentialEffect.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3b7497f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/hooks/useSequentialEffect.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import { useEffect, useRef } from 'react'
+
+/**
+ * This effect addresses such a problem:
+ * the later effect ends earlier than the previous one, and the previous effect overlaps later effect's result.
+ */
+export function useSequentialEffect(
+  effect: (checker: () => boolean) => (() => void | undefined) | void,
+  deps: React.DependencyList = [],
+) {
+  const sequenceCounter = useRef(0)
+  useEffect(() => {
+    // The counter is incremented every time a new effect is added.
+    // And the previous effect should stop going forward by finding checker returning false.
+    const counter = ++sequenceCounter.current
+    const checker = () => counter === sequenceCounter.current
+    return effect(checker)
+  }, deps)
+}